[CHAEBOL EXPENSES] Top 10 chaebol spent over W30tr on entertainment expenses
Aug 18, 2016
[THE INVESTOR] South Korea’s top 10 conglomerates spent 31.3 trillion won (US$28.3 billion) on entertainment expenses from 2012 to 2015, according to research from Herald Business and The Investor. The firms -- Samsung, Hyundai Motor, SK, LG, Lotte, GS, Hanwha, Hyundai Heavy Industries, Hanjin and Doosan -- spent an average 7.57 trillion won a year for accounts set aside for entertainment purposes or miscellaneous spending. The miscellaneous account is not always used for entertainment purposes,